Persian Knight edged out a victory at the 34th running of the Mile Championship on Sunday at Kyoto Racecourse.The Harbinger-sired colt finished in 1 minute, 33.8 seconds, taking home 103 million yen ($920,000) in prize money. Ridden by Italian jockey Mirco Demuro, fourth favorite Persian Knight broke out of the pack after the first turn and vaulted into a neck-and-neck stretch run, beating second favorite Air Spinel by a nose. Seventh favorite Sungrazer was third, a nose further back.This was the first G1 victory for Persian Knight, after placing second in the Satsuki-sho and seventh in the…READ FULL ARTICLE